Bathing suit



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UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE.

GEORGE A. Human, or BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA.

BATHING SUIT.

' Application filed May 6, 1925. Serial No. 28,881."

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE a citizen of the United States, residing at Berkeley, in the county of Alameda and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bathing Suits, of which the following isa specification. I

My invention relates to that class of garments worn by men in athletic or sporting exercises, and especially in swimming. I have, therefore, entitled my invention for the purposes of this application Bathing suits, though it will be understood that the use of this term herein is meantto include suits for other purposes wherein its novelty may be beneficially applicable.

My invention concerns that portion of the suit or that individual member thereof commonly known as pants,

Pants or trousers worn by men, have,

through long custom, been made to open in the front, beginning at the waist-line and ending at the crotch, said opening being controlled by buttons. 1

In recent years th's type of garment, in a much abbreviated leg-length, has been adopted for use as a portion or a member of bathing suits.

Due to the rotting effect of water on the thread used to sew on the buttons, and also due to the usage and abuse to which these bathing suits are subjected, both by the wearer and by the caretaker in the bathhouse, it is not unusual for the buttons to fall off, thereby threatening embarrassing situations. At the same time, the preference for such a garment, especially as far as appearance is concerned, -is likely to continue, and it is not wise to overlook this.

Accordingly, my present invention contemplates, and has for one of its-objects,

the avoidance of this liability of exposure,

by providing a garment having the appearance and contour of the usual pants, but which cannot be buttoned or unbuttoned, due to the fact that it is sewn together in the front in such a way as to make it a closed'garm'ent, at the same time that the general construction, finish and appearance are identical with those of the pants which are capable of being buttoned or unbuttoned in front.

It is also the custom in the making of pants or trousers to line the waist band with a non-elastic woven material, which A. I MA'rrEnN,

makes it necessary on the part of the customer toget his exact size in the waist measure, Otherwise it will not be a satisfactory fit and, since the waist measure is so variable in apparently the same sized men, it is difficult to supply a correct fit.

To obviate this necessary precaution my invention further contemplates and has for another object, the provision of a garment with .a knit facing at the waist making it very elastic and possible to fit several different sizes of waist measures with one size of pants, the garment'being held securely byeither a belt or draw string according 'to the preference of the customer.

The garment made in accordance with my invention is therefore more modest, more comfortable and more acceptable than the customary garment.

My invention consists in the novel garment which I shall now fully describe, by reference to the accompanying drawings in which-- Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the garment.

Fig. 2 is a rear elevation, broken away in part.

Fig. 3 is a sectional detail of the underlying lapof the front.

Fig. t is a sectional detail of the overlying lap of the front.

Fig. 5 is a sectional detail, enlarged, of the two laps stitched together. v

The garment which in its best form is of knitted goods, is of the general type of the pants or trouser member of a bathing suit, and comprises the hip and abdominal portion 1 with waist portion 2 and the, abbreviated leg portions 3 with crotch 4.

The front of the garment fromthe Waist line down to the crotch has, as seen in Fig. 1, the outward appearance of the usual open front pants, one lap of the knit goods overlying the other, and the outer or overlapping part being further rendered similar in appearance to the usual garment, by the vertically disposed spaced stitching lilies, one of which, indicated by the line aa, in Fig. 1, being the edge hem and the other line bb defining the width of the overlap.

1 There is thus the full appearance externalare permanently fastened together" so that they cannot be separated, and the front of the garment cannot be opened, that is to say, normally. Accordingly said portions are sewn together; and, as far as the fundamental principle of my invention is concerned, this sewing or permanent connection may be done in any suitable manner.

In practise, I have found the following construction to be satisfactory and workmanlike.

Referring now to Fig. 4, the outer or overlapping portion of the goods is indicated by 5, its edge being turned in at 5'. To the inner side of said portion is fitted a facing strip 6, which atone edge is hemmed to the edge 5 of said portion by the stitching aa, which has been referred to in connection with Fig. 1. The other edge of the facing strip 6 is turned in at 6 on the 'por tion 5.

The inner or underlapping portion of the goods is shown in Fig. 3, at 7.

8 in. Fig. 3, is a strip which serves the double purpose of a connectin strip and an inner facing. This strip 81s doubled or folded on itself, one of its extremities overlapping the outside of-the goods portion '7. and hemmed thereto by the stitching 9. and the other extremity overlapping the inside of said portion 7 and hemmed thereto by the stitching 10.

The strip 8, as seen in Fig. 5, extends'from these hemmed extremities under the over la ping pdrtion 5 of the goods, and at its fo d 8 is secured to said portion 5 and to the end 6' of the facing strip 6 by the line .just as if it were buttoned hip in theusual manner.

' It will also be noted that closing overlapping,

. stitches "a extend onl the two facing strips 6 and 8, as inFig. 5,

and do not appear on the front of the garment, so that said front as seen in Fig. 1, does not vary in any manner fromfthe appearance of the ordinary pants.

With regard'now' to the improvement in the waist of the garment, reference is made to Fig. 2. As stated 'hereinbefore it is usual to inner-face the .waist with a nonelastic strip- This I omit, and instead thereof I fold the knitted. goods over and inwardly at the top as shown-at 11,and' hem it by the stitches 12. This gives an elastic waist quite essential in a closed front garment, said waist being also adapted within limits for variation of waist size of the.

. wearers.

Inthis hem fold 11, I seat a drawtape 13, which may be used to tighten the waist on the user, or if he prefers, he' can use a belt, in the loops 14.

1. A garment of the trouser-type having at its front separate terminal portlonsloverlapping, and extending from the waist line towards the crotch; a facing strip lying at its front separate terminal portions extending from the 85 and waistline towards the crotch; a facing strip lying inside the overlappin portion and stitched thereto along the edge thereof; a folded facing strip stitched at its extremities to the edge of the nnderlapping' ortion and, stitched-at its fold to the overying portion; and stitching inseparably connecting "said facing strips, said last named stitching being vertically directed in a diagonal to and fro course.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

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